Kanye West - Devil in a New Dress ft. Rick Ross (Lyrics)

Artist/Group: Kanye West
Album: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Released: 2010
Label: Def Jam/Roc-A-Fella

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"Devil in a New Dress" is a song by American hip hop recording artist and rapper Kanye West from his fifth studio album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010). Originally released through West's GOOD Friday initiative, a weekly free music giveaway started by the rapper to promote My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, it later appeared on the album with an added guitar solo by producer Mike Dean and an additional guest verse featuring rapper Rick Ross. "Devil in a New Dress" was produced by Bink, and is the only song on the album not to be produced by West. The song samples Smokey Robinson's slow jam recording "Will You Love Me Tomorrow?", and is themed lyrically to lust and heartache. Both the topics of love and religion serve as the main inspiration to the song.

The song received acclaim from music critics, who praised the delivery of West's verse, the lush production and the guest appearance by Ross. It has been remixed by several musicians, such as J. Cole, Jay Electronica and Young Chris. Ross promoted the song releasing a music video in which he showcased his verse. The song was prominently featured in West's short film Runaway during a dinner room sequence. It charted on the South Korean Gaon Chart at position 99.

"Devil in a New Dress" was first released on September 3, 2010, and was the fourth song to be featured as a part of Kanye West's GOOD Fridays, a music giveaway that provided free MP3 downloads every week. The intention was to release a free new song every Friday for a few months. The weekly tracks generally featured various rappers from his label, GOOD Music, as well as other artists that he usually collaborated with. Though "Devil in a New Dress" was the fourth GOOD Fridays song released, it was the second completely original track premiered. During its initial release, Consequence of Sound reported, "the Chicago-based rapper has shared Devil in a New Dress, a song which is rumoured to be included on West’s still untitled fifth studio album. Compared to his other recent joints, the track is rather minimal in nature. It clocks in at less than three minutes and features no guest contributors. In fact, it’s the accompanying beat which actually makes the post-midnight release worth our time." The song was rumoured to be featured on West's new album, appearing on a leaked tracklist. It was later confirmed to appear on the album, albeit as a vastly different version. It was released digitally following the release of the album.

Following some media controversies, West chose to record the majority of his fifth studio album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy in a reclusive manner in Oahu, Hawaii. Like the majority of the album, "Devil in a New Dress" was also composed in Oahu. Rapper Rick Ross was invited to Hawaii to work with West because West was set to produce the song "Live Fast, Die Young", which appeared on Teflon Don, an album by Ross. Ross was not initially intended to be featured on West's album, however, he walked in while West was recording the track, "Monster". Ross was impressed with what he heard and asked if he could deliver an intro to the song. West enjoyed what Ross brought to the song and invited him back to his studio during the final stages of the album, to record a guest verse on "Devil in a New Dress". According to Ross, the verse was added the day before the album had to be turned into the record label. In an interview with MTV discussing the composition of the song, Ross commented:

I got a call, they wanted me to be a part of that record. It was actually the last day before Kanye had to turn the record in, and I think that pressure just made it that much more special to me. So I just sat there, approached the record openly and as straightforward as I could. When I laid the verse, 30 minutes later, I was extremely happy. I sent it to him, and he was too. I think it was one of the dopest verses I did this year."

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